Ash receiver



July 30, 1968 F. v. HERR ET AL 3,394,712

ASH RECEIVER Filed Oct. 10, 1966 INVENTOR. HGWC'ZS' H977: area BY Z/aZezzfzrz EBZZ ATTORNEYS.

United States Patent 3,394,712 ASH RECEIVER Francis V. Herr, Kenmore, and Valentin E. Beii, Eden, N.Y., assignors to McDonald Products Corp., Buffalo.

Filed Get. 10, 1966, Ser. No. 585,340 7 Claims. (Cl. 131-235) a mating support bracket secured to a chair or other supporting structure.

The manufacture of a separate mounting clip, and the separate mounting thereof on the ash receptacle require additional materials and manufacturing steps beyond those necessary to make and assemble the other component parts of the ash receiver and materially increases the cost thereof.

Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide an ash receiver having a mounting clip which can be simply and economically constructed.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide an ash receiver having both a snuffer bar and a mounting clip using a minimum number of parts.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an ash receiver having an ash receptacle and a combination snufier bar and mounting clip which is readily and easily secured to the receptacle in a manner Stl" multan-eously positioning the snulfer bar for extinguishing tobacco products and the mounting clip for supporting the receptacle.

In one aspect thereof, the present invention is characterized by a receptacle having an open top, side and bottom walls and a slot through its side wall adjacent the upper edge thereof, a snuflYer bar member extending across the receptacle and through the slot and terminating in a laterally offset extension, the extension being laterally outwardly spaced from the side wall to provide a mounting clip for engagement with a support bracket.

Various other novel features of construction and advantages inherent in the ash receiver construction of the present invention are pointed out in detail in conjunction with the following description of a typical embodiment thereof considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawing depicting the same wherein like numerals represent like parts throughout the various views and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an ash receiver constructed in accordance with the present invention, mounted on a supporting structure shown in fragmentary section;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view thereof taken about on line 33 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view of a mounting bracket for use with the ash receiver of the present invention being taken about on line 44 of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the integral snuffer bar and mounting clip which forms a part of the ash receiver of the present invention.

Referring now to the drawing, there is shown one form of a tobacco ash receiver constructed in accordance with the present invention, generally designated com-pris- 3,394,712 Patented July 30, 1968 ing a two-part construction including an ash receiving bowl or receptacle 11 and a snulfer bar member 12. Both receptacle 11 and member 12 preferably are formed of aluminum or other suitable metal. While not limited thereto, receptacle 11 is preferably an open top, generally cylindrical vessel having side and bottom walls 13 and 14, respectively, the side wall terminating at its upper margrn in an annular outwardly project-ing lip 15. A pair of slots 16 and 16' are formed through side wall 13 in diametrically opposed relation just below lip 15. For purposes which will become apparent, the slots ire of unequal width with the right hand slot 16 being the larger.

SnuiTe-r bar member 12 extends across the open top of receptacle 11 between slots 16 and 16. and has upwardly and inwardly extending portions 17 on opposite sides of a central. U-shaped gripper portion 18 generally coincident with the vertical axis or center of cylindrical receptacle 11 and generally in the honizontal plane formed by annular lip 15. U-shaped portion 18 provides a holder for cradling the tobacco product and a surface against which the latter may be extinguished, the portions 17, 18 thereby functioning as a snulfer bar.

A laterally reduced tab 19 projects from one end of snuffer bar member 12 forming a pair of shoulders 20 on opposite sides thereof. The other end of snulfer bar portion 17, 18 terminates in a downturned extension 21 which is laterally outwardly olfset from a downturned abutment 22 formed adjacent the lower end of the associated side portion 17. The lower end of abutment 22 joins the upper end of extension 21 by a lateral shoulder portion 23. The side edges of extension 21 taper downward- 1y, as seen in FIG. 4, whereby extension 21 forms a mounting clip for engagement in a support bracket 29.

Bracket 29 comprises a rectangular base plate having a central, lateral offset 30 with downwardly and inwardly tapered side walls 31. Fasteners 32 engage through suitable holes bored through side flanges 33 of plate .39 to secure the latter to a chair structure 39.

To assemble the snuifer bar member with the receptacle, tab end 19 is inserted through the larger slot 16' and member 12 is threaded therethrough until horizontal portion 23 engages through the larger slot and abutment 2-2 engages an inner face portion of side wall 13 above the larger slot 16. Tab end 19 is then urged toward abutment 23 and the snuffer bar portion resiliently flexes inwardly to permit tab 19 to snap into the opposite, smaller slot 16 with shoulders 29 engaging against adjacent inner face portions of side wall 13. Thus, when assembled. the resiliency of snuffer bar 12 provided by the upwardly and inwardly inclined side portions 17 and re- Bess 18 tends to space apart tab end 19 and abutment 23 and maintain the same in fixed engagement against the slotted side Wall. This resiliency also fixes clip 21 in laterally outwardly spaced relation from side wall 13 so that ample clearance i provided for receiving the olfset 39 of bracket 29 therebetween. Tapered clip 21 can thus be inserted downwardly between tapered side wall 31 of offset 30 to engage the same, whereby clip 21 is retained between offset 30 and chair structure 39.

Thus. it is seen that our invention fully accomplishes its intended objects. There is provided an ash receiver having both a snuffer bar and a mounting clip using only two members which are readily fabricated and assembled.

Having thus described and illustrated a preferred embodiment of our invention, it will be understood that such description and illustration is by way of example only and that such modifications and change as may suggest themselves to those skilled in the art are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention which is limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

What we claiin is:

1. An ash receiver adapted for mounting on a support bracket comprising a receptacle having an open top, side and bottom walls and a slot through its side wall adjacent the upper edge thereof, and a snuffer bar member extending across said receptacle and having one end thereof engaging through said slot and terminating exteriorly of said receptacle in a laterally otfset extension, said extension being laterally outwardly spaced from said one side wall to provide a mounting clip for engagement with a support bracket and said side wall having another slot substantially diametrically opposed to the first slot, said opposite end of said snuifer bar member having a tab projecting therefrom and a shoulder, said tab engaging into said other slot with said shoulder abutting the interior of said wall adjacent said other slot.

2. An ash receiver according to claim 1 wherein, said snuffer bar member has an abutment engaging the interior of said side wall adjacent said first slot, said snuiter bar member resiliently flexing said abutment and said opposite end outwardly against said side to hold said snuffer bar member in position and maintain said clip spaced from said side wall.

3. An ash receiver according to claim 1 wherein said clip projects downwardly from adjacent said first slot.

4. An ash receiver according to claim 3 wherein said abutment comprises a downturned portion of said snutfer bar member, said one end of said snuffer bar member including a horizontal portion engaging through said first slot and joining the lower end of said downturned portion and the upper end of said downwardly projecting clip.

5. An ash receiver according to claim 1 wherein said snuffer bar member includes a snuffer bar portion extending inwardly and upwardly from diametrically opposite sides of said receptacle and a central U-shaped gripper portion.

6. An ash receiver according to claim 5, said snuffer bar portion terminating at said one end of said member in a downturned abutment adjacent said first slot, said clip projecting downwardly adjacent said side wall, said one end of said member including a horizontal portion engaging through said first slot and joining the lower end of said downturned abutment portion and the upper end of said downwardly projecting clip.

7. An ash receiver according to claim 6, together With a mounting bracket having a downwardly and inwardly tapering recess, said downwardly projecting clip being tapered downwardly and inwardly along its side edges to engagein said recess.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,523,744 1/1925 Ayer 13 l-241 1,691,564 11/1928 CaldWell 131235 1,716,283 6/1929 Rastetter 248-224 1,830,543 11/1931 Heise 131241 X 1,977,437 10/1934 Gaynor 13l240 X 2,445,274 7/ 1948 Lewetsky 131237 JOSEPH S. REICH, Primary Examiner. 

1.AN ASH RECEIVER ADAPTED FOR MOUNTING ON A SUPPORT BRACKET COMPRISING A RECEPTACLE HAVING AN OPEN TOP, SIDE AND BOTTOM WALLS AND A SLOT THROUGH ITS SIDE WALL ADJACENT THE UPPER EDGE THEREOF, AD A SNUFFER BAR MEMBER EXTENDING ACROSS SAID RECEPTACLE AND HAVING ONE END THEREOF ENGAGING THROUGH SAID SLOT AND TERMINATING EXTERIORLY OF SAID RECEPTACLE IN A LATERALLY OFFSET EXTENSION, SAID EXTENSION BEING LATERALLY OUTWWARDLY SPACED FROM SAID ONE SIDE WALL TO PROVIDE A MOUNTING CLIP FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH A SUPPORT BRACKET AND SAID SIDE WALL HAVING ANOTHER SLOT SUBSTANTIALLY DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO THE FIRST SLOT, SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID SNUFFER BAR MEMBER HAVING A TAB PROJECTING THEREFROM AND A SHOULDER, SAID TAB ENGAGING INTO SAID OTHER SLOT WITH SAID SHOULDER ABUTTING THE INTERIOR OF SAID WALL ADJACENT SAID OTHER SLOT. 